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Vitamin Angels issues invitation for collaboration after WHO adds MMS to Model List of Essential Medicines
On October 1, the World Health Organization announced their decision to include UNIMMAP formulated multiple micronutrient supplements (UNIMMAP MMS) in their Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) as an antenatal supplement for pregnant women. This decision by the WHO marks an important milestone in advancing maternal and child health globally. The inclusion of MMS in…
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Future Calling
At a health center on the island of Sumba in Indonesia, children lined up with their parents to receive a dose of vitamin A. Though usually a bold and spirited three-and-a-half-year-old, Karin was visibly nervous and began to cry as her turn approached. Her mother, Rambu, stayed calm and changed tactics, walking around the room…
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Equitable Healthcare is a Human Right
Offering ‘health and healing services for the whole family,’ may not be surprising for a local health clinic; however, providing ‘culturally humble integrative primary care’ makes Casa de Salud unique. The organization is actively engaged in efforts to make their approach the norm, “Any clinic, any organization, any policy change that just make healthcare more…